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Monetary Policy and Interest Rate Spreads

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  • Dennis Nsafoah

    (Department of Economics University of Calgary)

  • Apostolos Serletis

    (Department of Economics University of Calgary)

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This paper investigates the effects of monetary policy shocks and uncertainty about monetary policy on key macroeconomic variables and interest rate spreads — the term spread and credit spread. We use monthly data for the United States and a multivariate structural GARCH-in-Mean VAR model to estimate the effects on the growth rate of real output, the inflation rate, term spread, credit spread, and the policy rate. We find statistically significant effects on all economic and financial variables.

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  • Dennis Nsafoah & Apostolos Serletis, 2020. "Monetary Policy and Interest Rate Spreads," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 31(3), pages 707-727, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:openec:v:31:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1007_s11079-019-09572-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11079-019-09572-4
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    Keywords

    Monetary policy uncertainty; GARCH-in-Mean VAR; Interest rate spreads;
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    JEL classification:

    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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